Apparatus for erecting poles



Oct. 20, 1925. 1,557,635

- J. H. WARE. JR

APPARATUS FOR ERECTING POLBS Filed Jan. 9. 1923 s Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG. I.

ATTORNEY.

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, J. H. WARE, JR

APPARATUS FOR ERECTING POLES Filed Jan. 9. 1923 a 4 m w 8 I t Y WEI: (5S

J. H. WARE, JR

APPARATUS FOR ERECTING PDLES 3 Sheets-Sheet '5 I 4770R/VEK Patented Oct. 20, 1925.

JOHN H. WARE, 33., 0F OXFORD, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPARATUS FOR ERECTING POLES.

Application filed January 9, 1923. Serial No. 611,629.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN H. WARE, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Oxford, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Erecting Poles, of which the following is a specification.

The presentinvention relates to improvements in apparatus for use in digging holes and. erecting telephone, telegraph, trolley, transmission line and like poles and which apparatus .is mounted upon a truck or tractor and is therefore portable.

Objects of the present invention are to provide for digging or boring the post-holes inalignment even though the location of the post-holes be comparatively inaccessible or remote from the road way and, even though the ground besloping or uneven to provide improved means for crowding or feeding the auger that bores or digs the holes even when the auger is spaced at a considerable distance from the truck or tractor, for example, in order to bore or dig holes in locations such as are last above referred to; to provide for the satisfactory application of the power of the plant of the truck or tractorito the work-of. drilling the post-holes and erecting the poles; to provide equipment for putting the poles in vertical position in the holes and holding the poles in such positionwhile the space around them in the holes is filled by means of mechanical equipment and Without the use of ikes and the like; and, generally, to provideportable equipment which shall be simple inconstruction, operable from the power plant of the truck or tractor, 1f desired, capable of satisfactorily digging postholes'in the position desired, and adapted to get the poles into vertical position in the.

holes and .to' hold them in that position whilst the holes are filled, 'itbeing of course understood that some or all of these ob ects may be omitted.

The invention will beclaimed at theend hereof but will be firstdescribed inconnection with the embodiment of it selected from other embodiments for the sake of illustration in the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of portable apparatus for use in the erection of poles which embodies features of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a view looking in the direction of the arrow 2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view looking from left to right in Fig.1 and with parts omitted for the sake of clearness.

Fig. 4 is a detached view, partly in section, and drawn to an enlarged scaleand showing a feature of construction illustrated to the left in Fig.8.

Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a partial plan, somewhat in section, of the rear portion of the tractor, and

Fig. 7 is a rear view illustrating-a modification.

The invention "will be first described in application to a Fordson tractor but it must be' borne in mind that the invention is not limited to that kind of a truck or tractor norto the utilization of the power plant of the truck or tractor although such utilization possesses advantages. p

In the drawings 1 is a' generally rectangular frame mounted on the tractor or truck, generally indicated at 3. Rising from the frame are standardsi4 shown to comprise members joined at their tops and mounted on the edges oftheframe 1. A T- frame is pivoted to the standards 4 as at 5, and this framemay be-turned about the pivot 5 by'means of aserew jack 6 interposed. between its head 7 andthe frame 1.

The jack is operated in both directions and is shown as lengthened and shortened by a hand chain 8 and nut 9 which is driven from the hand chain by the bevel gears 10. Mounted on the Tlrame is a tripod of which the shear legs 11 and 12 are pivoted to the head 7 of the T-frame and of which the leg '13 is extended and contracted and is pivoted to the shank 14 of the T-frame. The leg 13 is shown as extended and contracted by means of a screw 15 turntable by means of gearing 16 mounted in ahousing 17 and driven by an airmotor 18 to which airis supplied from a tank 19 mounted in the standards 4. The housing 17 serves to take end thrust in two directions and is pivoted to the member 14. 20 is an extensible and 'contractable arm or boom and it ispivoted to the rear standard 4 by means of bracket 21, Fig. 5, having-a pivot 22 for motion in a vertical plane and a pivot 23 for motion in a horizontal plane. The boom or arm 20 mby a ha n- 38rtremi Pu ley 3 t at di y the-pan :12 M 0f th r son tractor andwhich pulley or theshalft on whichiit "is mounted is usual provision of a t n son Weston. At. e r ar-of ha rdr on .t ac alrisapn e t an. xte o Fig.- 6, which includes a nv orgn wheel; 4.0,. drums 41 a .sehitp eseifer eenne ng he w r wheel and either of the drums, a worm 44, nd u h.) sa a wh h. tl ewz Ma l y b 01 1 69 1; W teafid; dwn e lr m the worm. shaft 46; the. Fordson tractor.

4L7 are clutches "for connecting and disconr necting the drivingwheels 45 and, the, worm proposed post tioning the truck 'anc wheel, -49 driven, the worm 50 to. propel the "Eordson tractor. 511 is cablepa ssing o .ger. oneofithe pulleys 52 ;atthe top of the tripod andfh awled: in: and, let out "by the m e i a bihl aken} field O by the drum 41. r v 'i Th operati and m de Qlfthe d scribed. apparatus. may i be explained as, follows: 1 f

"The tripod-mayfbeput into vertical position by. shortening thefleg l3. means of the screw. connection andyrno tor 18, or even permitted to occupy 'the positionshown 'in- 1. Tihearm or boorn2 O with the auger gear 28 detached T can, be swung around the lpivot' 2i 8 'parallel;with the .frame and under the tripod withitsffree end projecting forward. The clutch 45 being disconnected and the clutches 47 connected, the tractor or inotor'truck can be driven to the, place where the poles areto be erected and can be used to pull a trailerupon which, the poles are lo ded; av ng a r d h p ee here the poles. are to beierectedjthe various parts ar m e ht e p itiq i i ae a ly showniniFig 1 with the augergon the line along which the spaced poles are to be ar- "ranged. For thispurpose the point oi suspension of the cable 51,at;the.ape x of. the tripod can be11aced over the center. oi the ole a proxirnately. by .posia ule e y m sing the leg-13 and 'theiarm 20. The auger then rotated byj th e. motor 28 and crowded downward the cable whilst; the. cable 1 -s .e ed. fi andih eneth of h m 2O is adjusted to preserve the aligninent of the auger. In order togutilize the .power plant of the tractor for working the cable the clutches 47 are disconnected and the clutch 45 is connected. Uponthecornpletion 1 the h l a a l pal GYQT- I Q- the sheaves 52 and operated by one of the drums is attached to a pole and the latter is hoiste'ttin'to more or less vertical position with its butt in. the hole. By this operation the upper part 'o't'the pole is brought between theclawsfio which are closed as by the cable 34 in such a way that they grasp the pole which is diagrammatically indicated by the d t e line wi Eisthu e-but i pole restsin thehole and the upper part of the P 91 i con-nes with. e t p d, The pole is. brought into and held; in verticalpositionby adjustment oi' the. 13 of the tripod --andfby. adjustment of. the jack 6 and as these two adjustments are right angles in respect, toieach other theupole can be. accuna tely positioned and held, man the space be -W 1. he-b t t Po e an l 'h Wa l o h hol fi l d? a d. amme From e. "fiorleg ing: desc p ion; t JP? pears that; there is provided; a derrick 11ming at its. top, pole grasping means and a hQ S- 1 3 p s ti ningf he pol wi h. respect toythegraspin g means and that this derrick is equipped with adjustments. operat able in. 'two planes; whereby the pole be al gne or p f d ve i ally ndfli'eldin at position, It is al soteyident thatflneans ar e p dedjfor uspe i g he uge mec anism over, the place, where" the holefisfto be. dug. and that in connection witlrsu-ch meansthere dow d a t caldle or chain for feeding or crowding the auger into the The construction, and modeo'f operation o fihemmfifiw m ho nfF gJZ; a eg erib exrip a e l w -2 l t ai of: Eordson. tracton use is. made of a truck "3? and the 'tripod is made;v adjustable cross wise of, thetruck by the provision of screw- JQQZLIIS: '15 ton adjustingfthe len 'h, of. one of; itsshear. legs. 11?, its leg -l gff being' also adjus t-ableabove described. Thele of the tripod are connected with the true I by suitable articulations. 5 in the nature of universal joints, g l

1 t 1-l.-be-9b i uS o. hose skil ed ni he r .1 hi h e n ntion el es ha mo ifi ti s m y b made in de ls of enstr e oe. r n em nt n m df' mbe t-m et W t ut. ep n om. he spir of the invention which is not limited a sfto those matters, or otherwise than, as the ,prior art and the appendedclaims: inay. require,

. lclaim': 4 l J 1. Apparatus"for diggingpostfholes compri ing i omb na o k, ri t arm proj ecting frorn the truck, augerv mechanislncarried at. the freeend of "thefarm, an

overhead cable. for vertically. Tit ing the free end ofthe far- 1n, a se cnd fcfablefor pulling down on the free end of the arm, means for lengthening and shortening the 7 arm to preserve auger alignment, and devices for letting out the first mentioned cable as the other cable is drawn in tocrowd the auger.

2. Apparatus for digging post holes comprising in combination a truck, auger mechanism spaced from the truck, and an arm projecting from the truck connection between the arm and auger mechanism and cable means, operatable to crowd the auger downward.

3. Apparatus for digging post holes comprising in combination a truck, auger mechanism, an arm projecting from the truck for co-operating in applying down draft to the auger mechanism, a cable extending upward and adapted to pull down on the auger mechanism, and means for operating the cable.

4:. Apparatus for digging post holes comprising in combination a truck, a tripod mountedv on the truck and of which one leg is extensible and contractible to position the apex at diiferent distances from the truck, a pivotal arm projecting from the truck and provided with means for adjusting its length to align its free end in respect to the apex of the tripod, auger mechanism at the free end of the arm, a cable for suspendin the auger mechanism from the apex oi the tripod, a cable for pulling down on the auger mechanism, and means for op erating the parts.

JOHN H. WARE, JR. 

